MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL FLOW ANALYSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

KEY POINTS: • The minimum water demand characterization is of fundamental importance for water distribution systems management. During the residential minimum consumption, maximum pressures are on network pipes and tank levels rise. • The legitimate water consumption analysis during period of low demand and high pressure is of great interest for leakages estimation due to the increase of the water loss with the pressure. • Relationship for minimum residential flow analysis, with 1 hour interval time of discretization, are provided in function of the supplied users for different District Metering Areas.